Forging the American Nation, 1787-1791

1. America' s First Constitution: State Over Nation. - 2. The Road to Philadelphia: Nationalists in Search of Energy and Supremacy. - 3. The Constitutional Convention: Nation over State within a Federal Framework. - 4. Delimiting the Scope of National Authority. - 5. Three Dissenting Fathers: The First Salvo in the Antifederalist Campaign. - 6. The Antifederalist Drive to Reinstitute State over Nation. - 7. Three Ratification Contests: The Fate of the Union in the Balance. - 8. Madison and the Threat of a Second Constitutional Convention. - 9. The Bill of Rights in Congress: Madison' s Race against Time. - 10. The Tenth Amendment: Nation over State Preserved. - 11. Postscript: Federalism Tested: Madison v. Marshall and the Antifederalist Revival.